Russian security services on Sunday said that a counter-terrorism operation was underway in the in Southern Russian city of Derbent, Dagestan, after unknown assailants launched attacks on a local synagogue and an Orthodox Church, killing a priest and as many as six police officers.
Another church was reportedly targeted in the regional capital of Makhachkala.
js/dj (dpa, Reuters, Interfax)
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